Selina
Selina is a feminine given name, considered either a variant of Selene, the goddess and personification of the Moon in Greek mythology and religion, or a spelling variation of the name Celina, which is derived from the Roman name Cecilia, referring to a woman from the Caecilia gens. This spelling variant had begun to be used in the United Kingdom by the 1600s.
Meaning & Origin of Selina
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Selina is a feminine given name, considered either a variant of Selene, the goddess and personification of the Moon in Greek mythology and religion, or a spelling variation of the name Celina, which is derived from the Roman name Cecilia, referring to a woman from the Caecilia gens. This spelling variant had begun to be used in the United Kingdom by the 1600s.
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The Story of Selina
Selina first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 10 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1995, when 704 Selinas were born — ranking #371 that year. As of 2026, Selina ranks #1,304 for baby girls with 175 births, gradually falling (-13%). In total, more than 19K Selinas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Selina
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- Selina Barrios (born 1993), American former professional boxer
- Selina Brown , British author and founder of the Black British Book Festival
- Selina Büchel (born 1991), Swiss middle-distance runner
- Selina Chow (born 1945), Hong Kong politician and broadcaster
- Selina Cooper (1864–1946), English suffragist
- Selina Cossgrove (1849–1929), one of the early developers of the Girl Peace Scouts movement in New Zealand
- Selina Egle (born 2003), Austrian luger
- Selina Fillinger (born 1994), American playwright, TV writer, and screenwriter
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Names that sound like Selina
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About the name Selina
Selina is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 19K births in the dataset. Selina's peak popularity came in 1995 when it ranked #371. Use the chart and map above to compare Selina's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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